If you experience an afternoon energy slump, boost your blood-sugar levels by consuming a healthy snack between 3pm and 4pm. Good choices are yoghurts, grainy bread sandwich, apples, pears or stone fruit.

Get your giggle on

According to laughter therapists, a good old chuckle with keeps you going throughout the day.

Laughing uplifts beta-endorphins and serotonin, which are the brains feel-good chemicals’, and will leave you feeling very positive, energetic and even euphoric. This is a good excuse to stop hiding your laughter when sneakily checking out the latest memes.

Become a flower child

In the 1930s an English doctor by the name of Edward Bach discovered a unique way of using plants to fight disease. By infusing or boiling plants in water, Dr Bach produced 38 different essences that are believed to possess healing powers. To fight exhaustion and increase energy levels try Hornbeam and Olive flower essences. Simply place seven drops under your tongue twice a day for about two weeks for a follower-powered boost

Ditch the diet

Going on and off a diet slows your metabolic rate and saps your energy, and is a common reason for fatigue. Rather than cutting kilojoules increase your exercise, which burns kilojoules and helps decease fatigue-related moods such as depression.

Cut caffeine

Do you feel lethargic if you forgo your morning cup of coffee? Then you might be addicted to caffeine.

While caffeine temporarily boosts temporarily boosts alertness and overcomes fatigue, overdoing it can keep you awake at night, making you even more tired during the day.

Try herbal tea instead It’s full of healthy anti-oxidants and can help boost your metabolism.

Join the Q

The anti-oxidant coenzyme Q10 plays a vital role in the energy production of cells and helps protect the body from free radicals.

It can also prevent heart disease and high blood pressure and is believed to reduce fatigue. For a Q10 boost, eat more beef, spinach, sardines, tuna and peanuts.

Get your exercise on

It’s understandable that after a long day at work all you really want to do is veg out on the couch, but this will only make you feel more lethargic.

Even though it might take a monumentous effort, it works as your body has a tendency to adapt to its requirements, so through being more active and using more energy your body will naturally produce more energy..

If you’d rather pull your hair out than exercise, choose something that is fun as you are more likely to keep it up.

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Jane Keighley is a former journalist and Director of Jake Public Relations. Jane has helped her clients gain hundreds of thousands of dollars in free publicity. She works across the fields of health and fitness, beauty, people and places, lifestyle and travel. So if you’re ready to set the world on fire Jane can show you how. The PR world is your oyster.